Newsletter of the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center

2016 NativeLove Challenge Winners Selected!

We heard NativeLove is Respect, Taking Care of One Another, Proud to be Indigenous, Being Comfortable with Who You Are, and Trust.

The 2015 NativeLove Youth Challenge received hundreds of entries; the top five national voted entries were from across Turtle Island. The winners include Eric Woody (Navajo), Willie BullBear (Lakota), Mark Renville (Lakota) and Nicole Lucero (Navajo). NativeLove Challenge Winners poster

The NativeLove Top Winner is Kristen Butcher from Cahuilla Nation! Kristen is Lakota of Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and an enrolled member of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Nation in Thermal, California. Faith Morreo, Kristen’s mother shared:

“She (Kristen) serves on her Tribal Youth Council of Torres Martinez. Kristen is a champion teen jingle dress dancer as well and believes in keeping her traditions and culture alive! She is learning to speak fluent Desert Cahuilla, as taught by her grandmother, Christina Morreo. She also is a champion teen bird dancer, of our region in Southern California. We are so pleased to hear the great news that she won the NativeLove Challenge!”

Top Winner-Kristen Butcher

Each winner will choose a trip of their choosing from our NativeLove’s Native Pride Events list with flights, hotels and registration fees covered for the winner and an accompanying adult. So far our winners are going to the Denver March Powwow, The Native American Music Awards (NAMMY’s), Washington, DC Cherry Blossom and Museum Tour, Gathering of Nations Powwow, a Shoni Shimmel Atlanta Dream Game. Be on the lookout for additional updates from their trips.